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Mahnertite

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Description
Locality: 
Fenugu Sibiri Mine, Gonnosfanadiga, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 2.3 × 1.9 cm
Description

Bright blue mahnertite in quarzt cavities from the Fenugu Sibiri mine, Gonnosfanadiga, Sardinia, Italy. 

SEM-EDS confirmed. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mahnertite

Formula: 
NaCu3(AsO4)2Cl·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.45
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
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